About

SweetRoot Farm, Hamilton, Montana   

As the farm turns 12 in 2026, we cultivate almost three acres of vegetables, herbs, and flowers in the heart of the Bitterroot Valley, with help from a team of 4-6 employees.  Our growing space includes four un-heated high tunnels and six moveable “caterpillar” tunnels to extend our short Montana growing season. We grow plenty of storage crops and some winter greens in order to feed our community throughout the year (*but taking a winter sabbatical in 2025-6) Our only heated greenhouse space is a propagation house for starts, on the south side of our wash-pack building, which we lovingly call the food-shed. The only farm animals currently are laying hens; we shoot for flocks of 250-300, with 1-3 flocks at a time, for a continual supply of eggs. The hens sleep in mobile barns, with access to pasture; the barns move every 2 weeks or so, whenever the grass is growing (winter is stationary).

You can find our produce in several places.  We sell at the Hamilton Farmers Market on Saturday mornings May through October; we have a self-serve farm store open 24 hours a day all year, and we run a farm membership program in which members pick up a weekly share of produce through the growing season, May through October.  We are also proud member-owners in the Western Montana Growers’ Co-op, where we collaborate with other farms to grow and distribute produce throughout the region.  

We grow following organic practices, though we are not yet USDA Organic certified.  We farm partly to foster and be a part of a vibrant community, so we welcome visitors, and allow customers and members to check out our practices and visit the farm anytime. Most days of the week visitors might only get a quick friendly wave from wherever we are working, but Tuesday afternoons during member share pickup (3:30-6:00 pm) one of us is always around to visit.